“We have not argued with Russia, we do not argue, we will not argue. Attempts to involve us in all contradictions, be it economic or political, are futile. No one will succeed in doing this. Those who want to undermine the friendship and brotherhood between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation, those people are just foreign agents.” This is announced by Nikol Pashinyan in the parliament.

Is Nikol Pashinyan giving a “turn” so to speak to the “Western” forces? But aren’t those forces his allies, because they are fighting against the opposition forces, those forces are described as “pro-Russian”, “old Russian”, “Russian subject”. It’s not that the “Westerners” or so called “pro-Westerners” help Nikol Pashinyan in that way. Now, in fact, he declares that those who want an Armenian-Russian confrontation are “innoagents”.

I repeat, it is enough to listen to the political and, so to speak, civil subjects, and it is obvious who expresses himself with an anti-Russian emphasis. Accordingly, it is clear that what Pashinyan says refers to pro-Westerners, who are his allies in the fight against the opposition. So the question arises, why does Nikol Pashinyan declare his allies “innoagents”?

But, at first glance, this surprising circumstance is not so surprising in practice. Nikol Pashinyan needs a lot of votes, every vote is important, because there is a serious rating problem. Therefore, he also needs the votes of “allies”.

It will not even be surprising if in the near future certain compromising materials will appear in the field regarding many of them.

Analyst Hakob Badalyan

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“Hraparak” daily writes:

Yesterday, the members of the Communist Party carried out a fierce campaign against the two women of the “Strong Armenia” party, who were detained the previous day, in order to discredit them as much as possible and to present the force founded by Samvel Karapetyan as distributing electoral bribes. They were live and taking notes, making announcements from the NA podium.

And although the opposition women’s lawyers declare that it is a fabricated proceeding, there are reports that the government deliberately made such a noise and is going to repeat it in the near future, so that it can create grounds for not registering “Strong Armenia”.

Article 19 of the Electoral Code prohibits during pre-election campaigns, as well as before and on the day of the election, candidates, parties participating in the elections… to promise drams, food, securities, goods or to provide services. The Electoral Code has established a clear procedure that in case of reports of electoral bribery, the CEC can apply to the court to reject the registration of the given party.

Therefore, they decided to make noise so that Pashinyan’s henchman Vahagn Hovakimyan would have grounds to appeal to the court.

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Another group of employees of the “Busher” nuclear power plant, about 94 citizens of the Russian Federation, was evacuated from Iran to the territory of Armenia.

The Russian Embassy in Armenia informs that along with the Russian citizens who left for Moscow on a special flight from Yerevan, there were also Belarusian citizens.

The Russian Embassy thanked the RA authorities for their responsibility and support in organizing the comfortable transit of Rosatom employees.

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Azerbaijani media, referring to the State Customs Committee, report that Azerbaijan has started importing goods from Armenia.

According to the source, in the first quarter of this year, Azerbaijan exported $5,757,480 worth of goods to Armenia.

During the reporting period, the value of goods imported from Armenia to Azerbaijan was 960 dollars.

Let’s remind that oil product supplies from Azerbaijan to Armenia started last year.

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The “South Caucasian Railway” company informs that it has increased the salaries of employees from April 1, 2026.

“The wages of employees in the company’s depots and production departments will increase by 15%. The salary increase for the employees of the management apparatus (except for the management staff) will be 10%.

Salary review in the company is regular in nature and is due to the need for appropriate indexation of inflationary processes. This mechanism is fixed in the Collective Agreement signed between the company and the trade union. The document envisages extended social guarantees for employees.

The current Collective Agreement also includes a number of social support measures for employees, including the organization of summer vacations for employees and their children, support for first-graders, the possibility of free travel by train, material support in the event of a child, as well as other social guarantees. Every year, trade unions allocate around 250 million drams for the implementation of these programs.

The current decision, which was made as a result of a constructive dialogue between the company’s management and employees, envisages a greater degree of indexation than the official inflation in 2025. This made it possible to significantly increase the income level of employees.

The company will continue to implement its social policy within the framework of the Collective Agreement and develop effective cooperation with the employees,” the South Caucasus Railway company said in a statement.

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My colleagues, including the female candidate of the “Strong Armenia” party, and our supporters were arrested. This was reported by Gohar Meloyan, a lawyer and a member of the “Strong Armenia” party.

“They have been blocking the entry of lawyers since the morning.

We are going to the Anti-Corruption Committee (address: Moskovyan 1).
You motivate people more to fight to live in a normal legal country,” Meloyan wrote.

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The National Assembly elected Davit Khachatryan as a member of the Information Systems Regulation Commission.

Out of 61 deputies who participated in the voting, 61 deputies voted for Davit Khachatryan’s candidacy, 0 against.

Davit Khachatryan’s candidacy for the position of a member of the Information Systems Regulation Commission was nominated by the “Civil Agreement” faction.

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This morning, searches were conducted in all offices of the “Strong Armenia” party in Artashat, some people were detained.

The sources of the law enforcement system “Hraparak” say that they were arrested for making promises of alleged “election bribes” and distributing election bribes.

Hasmik Amirzadyan is among those arrested. All are in the anti-corruption committee.

Updated
As part of the criminal proceedings under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia, 14 persons were arrested on charges of giving and receiving election bribes. This was reported by the department.

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In the National Assembly, in the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiation process and discussions on the peace treaty, Nikol Pashinyan referred to the idea of ​​”renegotiation” voiced by the opposition, presenting it as a risky and uncertain step. “Who can prove that the document will become better as a result of renegotiation?” he declared, at the same time describing the opposition forces as a “three-headed war party”.

This questioning is based on obvious manipulation. The problem is not the idea of ​​renegotiation, but the fact that Pashinyan deliberately avoids discussing the content and risks of the process he is conducting. When “renegotiation” is presented as a threat, but the actual process is not held to the same critical standards, a one-sided agenda is formed, the goal of which is to limit public discussion.

The wording “three-headed war party” is a continuation of the same logic. This is a label that tends to present any alternative approach as dangerous and illegitimate. In this way, the government tries to close any meaningful discussion.

Against this background, it is important to clarify the position of the “Prosperous Armenia” party. PAP has repeatedly stated that Armenia will not abandon its international obligations if it comes to power. Therefore, Pashinyan’s “renegotiation = waiver of obligations” thesis is not only unfounded, but also a deliberate distortion.

The “Guaranteed Peace” model promoted by the “Offer to Armenia” program offers a qualitatively different approach. It is based on international mediation, established legal guarantees and effective control mechanisms. This approach implies that peace cannot be built on political statements alone. it should have institutional support and international guarantees.

Today there is an obvious power imbalance between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under these conditions, the “peace” process without guarantees turns into a chain of one-sided concessions. This is where the main contradiction of the current policy is revealed. խաղաղության անվան տակ իրականացվում է գործընթաց, որը չի ապահովում այդ նույն խաղաղության կայունությունն ու անվտանգությունը։

Pashinyan tries to present “peace” as an unconditional value, ignoring its content. However, peace cannot be an end in itself if it does not guarantee the sovereignty, security and long-term stability of the state.

Therefore, the real dilemma is not the false dilemma “peace or war”. The real dilemma is:
an unsecured, vulnerable “peace”
or guaranteed, controllable and sustainable peace.

If this distinction is not placed in the center of the political agenda, the process will continue to develop according to the same logic, towards a creeping capitulation, the political responsibility of which is borne by the current government.

Political scientist Suren Surenyants

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